Autos Baby Beauty Books Computers Education Electronics Health Home & Garden Local Places Movies Pets Travel Web Sites more…

Severance

Severance Review



Overall 4.00 of 5 (by 1 user)




WriterWriter, II
Mr----X
North Syracuse, NY
add Mr----X to my friends list
1 1/2 parts Horror and 1 part Comedy = The Perfect Recipe.
4 star rating

Movie guru, first in line on opening weekend, a thiller/suspense fan, in love with horror/gore movies
Pros

    Works well as both comedy and horror, Typical plot, turned out unique, Pretty good dialogue, Nice gore without being over the top

Cons
    None.

JUL
25
2007
 
 
 
I read about Severance while surfing on IMDB.com. It said that it was reminiscent of Shaun of the Dead in that it was a horror spoof type movie. I LOVED Shaun of the Dead so I had to see this one.

Plot: When a group of co-workers head to the mountains of Eastern Europe for a team building weekend, things start going wrong. Very wrong.

Sometimes in a spoof horror, the comedy overpowers the horror and it just comes off stupid. The opposite could also happen and it then just becomes a badly acted horror movie. Thankfully, Severance had the perfect balance of humor and horror. I didn't sit through the whole movie laughing but some parts made me burst out laughing. I was on the edge of my seat for a good while in the middle of the movie but, it was nicely broken up with semi humorous moments. The directing and cinematography were well done along with some great gore special effects.

Andy Nyman, Danny Dyer (Outlaw), Tobey Stevins, Babou Ceesay, Claudie Blakely, and Laura Harris are the stars of this movie. They all put in pretty believable and well rounded performances. I especially like Danny Dyer. He's really becoming a great actor.

All in all, Severance is a great movie that keeps you entertained the entire time. This seems to me like a good dinner movie. This one will definitely be added my to DVD collection on September 25th of this year (when it comes out).


MPAA Rating: R (strong bloody violence, language, drug content and some sexuality/nudity)

Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

Year: 2006 in Ireland, 2007 in the U.S.A.

Rating(out of 10): 8


I_thumb_up Severance is recommended by Mr----X


6
helpful
votes
Did you find this review helpful?
Review inappropriate? Copyright violation?




I_comment_shdw24 Comments about Mr----X’s Review